Storm reports for May 21, 2022

Numbers you can quote

On May 21, 2022, about 174,000 homes were inside radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger across 76 counties; the most were in Travis County, TX (about 62,700).

• About 62,700 homes in Travis County, TX, were inside radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on May 21, 2022. Swath image
• About 12,800 homes in Franklin County, OH, were inside radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on May 21, 2022. Swath image

Homes are 2020 Census housing units in block groups whose center of population lay inside NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail (MESH) of 1 inch or larger during the storm day (7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern). These are radar estimates of hail size, not damage counts. More same-day numbers

Cite: National Storms. “Storm reports for May 21, 2022.” https://nationalstorms.com/storms/2022-05-21/. Data through November 6, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.

IndependentNot affiliated with NOAA or the National Weather Service. Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports; NOAA MRMS radar hail estimates (MESH) via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; 2020 Census housing units. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

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On May 21, 2022, 129 hail, 238 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 22 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Geauga County, OH. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 3,400 square miles containing about 170,000 homes.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Colored areas are NOAA MRMS radar estimates of the largest hail (MESH) over the day, lower 48 states only; radar overestimates and underestimates size, so read it with the ground reports.

Storm reports by state

Cities with the largest radar-estimated hail

Counties by homes inside 1″+ radar-estimated hail

Homes are 2020 Census housing units and people are 2020 Census residents, counted by block group where its center of population lies under radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger.

Hail reports (129)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.9 million in property damage and $2,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (374 events in 22 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Shelby County, IN (near Mt Auburn) · Tornado EF1 · $150,000
  “The third tornado to impact central Indiana on May 21st, a long-track EF1, skipped along its entire path. Many trees were downed or uprooted, with the damage path maximized in town of Mount Auburn where tornado width reached 100 yards. Peak winds estimated at 110 mph.”
• Shelby County, IN (near Mt Auburn) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $100,000
  “Widespread thunderstorm straight line winds of 80 to 90 mph downed or uprooted a significant number of trees within a wide area as well along the damage path of the long-track EF1 tornado. Tree damaged observed as far east as Waldron.”
• Hamilton County, OH (near Fernbank) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $100,000
  “Video from a boat showed a gustando moving north across the Ohio River, associated with a thunderstorms outflow boundary. As the gustnado moved onshore in the Sayler Park area, it downed numerous trees along Catalpa Road, Gracely Drive and Fernbank Avenue.”
• Wythe County, VA (near Speedwell) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000
  “Thunderstorm winds destroyed a mobile home and flipped a shed onto several vehicles along Kiser Road. No one was injured.”
• Izard County, AR (near Franklin) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $100,000
  “Fallen trees caused damage to a home and a vehicle in Franklin.”
• Sharp County, AR (near Ash Flat) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $70,000
  “Delayed report...significant damage occurred around Ash Flat, including several large trees blown down, damage to power poles, and one home with a metal roof torn off. South of town, a few houses were damaged by fallen trees, and a few barns or outbuildings sustained wind damage as well.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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